Official languages Swedish Main foreign languages English, Finnish | Minority languages Finnish | |
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Åland, an autonomous region of Finland, has the largest Swedish-speaking majority in Finland, with about 88% of the province, or about 25,500 people, speaking Swedish as their first language (specifically the Åland Swedish dialect). Swedish is also the sole official language of the province. Finnish, of course, also has a presence, although it is small; only 5% of Ålanders are Finnish-speaking.
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The ten most spoken languages in 2014 (with a total population of 28,916):
While the number of Swedish-speakers grew from 24,169 in 2000 to 25,531 in 2014, their percentage has dropped from 93.7% in 2000 to 88.3% in 2014. For Finnish, the percentage and number of speakers has been same (from 1,238 to 1,399; 4.8%). The percentage of speakers of other languages grew from 1.5% in 2000 to 6.9% in 2014.